US3662362A
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Device for printing and coding tickets
Assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Co
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Filing: 1968-12-09
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Granted: 1972-05-09
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Expires: 1988-12-09
Abstract
Abstract A ticket marking machine for printing information on a ticket and also writing information on a magnetic recording media carried by the ticket. The machine has a printing or marking station for printing price and inventory information and a magnetic recording or marking station for writing the same and/or different information on a portion of the ticket carrying the magnetic recording media. The information magnetically recorded is accomplished in the preferred embodiment by a rotating magnetic head which writes the information on a concentric track.
Inventors
- 👤 Genio R Arciprete
- 👤 Adrian P Brokow
- 👤 Richard L Dumais
- 👤 Richard F Stucchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 13:22
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K1/00; G06K1/12; G06K1/125; G06K1/121; G06K5/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A system for marking information upon at least one control ticket carrying a magnetic recording media comprising at least two marking stations, means for advancing the ticket from one marking station to another, first marking means at one of the stations for marking said ticket with visually interpretable control information, and second marking means at another of the marking stations for magnetically recording on the magnetic recording media carried by said ticket non-visually interpretable and machine readable control information said second marking means adapted to rotate to record said information on a circular track of the magnetic recording media thereby to provide a control ticket carrying both visually interpretable information and non-visually interpretable machine readable information.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
116 words
A system for marking information upon at least one control ticket carrying a magnetic recording media comprising at least two marking stations, means for advancing the ticket from one marking station to another, first marking means at one of the stations for marking said ticket with visually interpretable control information, and second marking means at another of the marking stations for magnetically recording on the magnetic recording media carried by said ticket non-visually interpretable and machine readable control information said second marking means adapted to rotate to record said information on a circular track of the magnetic recording media thereby to provide a control ticket carrying both visually interpretable information and non-visually interpretable machine readable information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein the first mentioned marking means imprinted said ticket with merchandising information, and the second mentioned marking means applies the magnetic signal counterparts of at least a portion of said merchandising information to said ticket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein said ticket has a plurality of sections, the first mentioned marking means marks two of said sections, and the second mentioned marking means marks only one of the two sections.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein said ticket has a front side and a reverse side, the first mentioned marking means marks the front side of said ticket, and the second mentioned marking means marks the reverse side of said ticket.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein said means for marking said ticket with visually interpretable information is settable from a location that is remote from the position of the advancing means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A system as defined in claim 1 further including means, controllable from a position that is remote from the location of the advancing means, for collecting said ticket after it is advanced beyond said other marking station.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system as defined in claim 1 further including means for controlling the orientation of said ticket in the vicinity of one of the marking stations.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system as defined in claim 7 wherein the orientation control means operates in the vicinity of said station for marking tickets with non-visually interpretable and machine readable information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
80 words
A system as defined in claim 8 wherein said station for marking tickets with non-visually interpretable and machine readable information comprises a recording station, the advancing means includes a feed bed operateD by a drive shaft, and a gripper finger on said bed for exerting tension to hold said tickets in place, and said orientation control means includes means operated by said drive shaft for relieving the tension exerted by said gripping fingers on said tickets at said recording station.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein the means for marking said ticket with non-visually interpretable and machine readable information comprises a magnetic recording unit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
94 words
A system as defined in claim 10 wherein the advancing means includes a drive shaft which undergoes one revolution defining a machine cycle during which said ticket is advanced by one station over a feed bed, and said magnetic recording unit is raised and lowered during each machine cycle by a linkage mechanism that is cam operated from said drive shaft, said recording unit including a positioning spindle and a locating pin which enter apertures of said ticket as said recording unit is being raised, thereby to position said ticket before recording takes place.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system as defined in claim 10 wherein the recording information is a counterpart of said visually interpretable information and originates at the same source.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
44 words
A system as defined in claim 10 further including timing means driven by the advancing means for controlling the operation of said magnetic recording unit at intervals of time during which the likelihood of interference from the other operations of said system is reduced.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
145 words
A machine for printing information on a ticket and also magnetically recording information on the same ticket as the ticket passes through the machine on a machine bed thereof, the ticket carrying a magnetic recording media on a portion thereof, said machine including a plurality of marking stations, one of said stations adapted to print information on the ticket and the other of said stations having a recording unit adapted to apply a magnetic field to record information on the magnetic recording media carried by the ticket, means for advancing said ticket on said machine bed between and through said marking stations, said recording unit comprising a magnetic recording means adapted to rotate to apply information to said recording media in a circular track, and means for moving said recording unit and said magnetic recording means toward said ticket to record information on said ticket.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
145 words
A machine for printing information on a ticket and also magnetically recording information on the same ticket as the ticket passes through the machine on a machine bed thereof, the ticket carrying a magnetic recording media on a portion thereof, said machine including a plurality of marking stations, one of said stations adapted to print information on the ticket and the other of said stations having a recording unit adapted to apply a magnetic field to record information on the magnetic recording media carried by the ticket, means for advancing said ticket on said machine bed between and through said marking stations, said recording unit comprising a magnetic recording means adapted to rotate to apply information to said recording media in a circular track, and means for moving said recording unit and said magnetic recording means toward said ticket to record information on said ticket.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
43 words
A machine according to claim 14 in which said magnetic recording unit comprises a spindle adapted to enter into an aligning hole provided in said ticket in order to position the recording media of the ticket with respect to said magnetic recording means.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
34 words
A machine according to claim 15 in which gripper fingers are provided at the second mentioned marking station to hold the ticket in place while said magnetic recording means is rotating to apply information.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
281 words
A system for marking prescribed information upon at least one control ticket, comprising means for advancing the ticket from one marking station to another, means at one of the stations for marking said ticket with visually interpretable control information, and means at another of the marking stations for marking said ticket with non-visually interpretable and machine readable control information, thereby to provide a control ticket carrying both visually interpretable information and non-visually interpretable machine readable information, wherein the means for marking said ticket with non-visually interpretable and machine readable information comprises a magnetic recording unit, timing means driven by the advancing means for controlling the operation of said magnetic recording unit at intervals of time during which the likelihood of interference from other operations of said system is reduced, and wherein said advancing means includes a drive shaft for controlling the advance of tickets to the marking stations, and said timing means comprises a first disk mounted on said sHaft and having a peripheral aperture therein, a second disk mounted on said drive shaft and having a peripheral aperture therein, the peripheral aperture of said second disk being displaced from that of said first disk, first photoelectric means in the path of the peripheral aperature of said first disk for generating pulse signals, second photoelectric means in the path of the peripheral aperature of said second disk for generating pulse signals, the pulse signals from one of the photoelectric means being used to control said recording unit and the pulse signals from the other photoelectric means being used to control said other operations thereby to establish a fixed interval in time between the occurrences of the two sets of pulse signals.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
281 words
A system for marking prescribed information upon at least one control ticket, comprising means for advancing the ticket from one marking station to another, means at one of the stations for marking said ticket with visually interpretable control information, and means at another of the marking stations for marking said ticket with non-visually interpretable and machine readable control information, thereby to provide a control ticket carrying both visually interpretable information and non-visually interpretable machine readable information, wherein the means for marking said ticket with non-visually interpretable and machine readable information comprises a magnetic recording unit, timing means driven by the advancing means for controlling the operation of said magnetic recording unit at intervals of time during which the likelihood of interference from other operations of said system is reduced, and wherein said advancing means includes a drive shaft for controlling the advance of tickets to the marking stations, and said timing means comprises a first disk mounted on said sHaft and having a peripheral aperture therein, a second disk mounted on said drive shaft and having a peripheral aperture therein, the peripheral aperture of said second disk being displaced from that of said first disk, first photoelectric means in the path of the peripheral aperature of said first disk for generating pulse signals, second photoelectric means in the path of the peripheral aperature of said second disk for generating pulse signals, the pulse signals from one of the photoelectric means being used to control said recording unit and the pulse signals from the other photoelectric means being used to control said other operations thereby to establish a fixed interval in time between the occurrences of the two sets of pulse signals.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
309 words
A system for marking prescribed information upon at least one control ticket, comprising means for advancing the ticket from one marking station to another, means at one of the stations for marking said ticket with visually interpretable control information, means at another of the marking stations for marking said ticket with non-visually interpretable and machine readable control information thereby to provide a control ticket carrying both visually interpretable information and non-visually interpretable machine readable information, means for controlling the orientation of said ticket in the vicinity of one of the marking stations wherein the orientation control means operates in the vicinity of said station for marking tickets with non-visually interpretable and machine readable information, wherein said station for marking tickets with non-visually interpretable and machine readable information comprises a recording station, the advancing means includes a feed bed operated by a drive shaft, a gripper finger on said bed for exerting tension to hold said tickets in place, said orientation control means includes means operated by said drive shaft for relieving the tension exerted by said gripper finger on said tickets at said recording station wherein both sides of said feed bed includes gripper fingers to hold said tickets in place, said fingers being in the form of sections that span several stations of said bed, each of said fingers in the vicinity of said recording station having a lower spring flange mounted at a downward angle so that an upper component of thrust applied to the flange will produce an upward movement of the associated finger, first and second pressure release pins displaceably mounted in said bed on each side thereof in the vicinity of said recording station, and a linkage mechanism extending from said drive shaft for operating said pressure release pins for a pre-determined portion of each machine cycle before magnetic recording is to take place.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
309 words
A system for marking prescribed information upon at least one control ticket, comprising means for advancing the ticket from one marking station to another, means at one of the stations for marking said ticket with visually interpretable control information, means at another of the marking stations for marking said ticket with non-visually interpretable and machine readable control information thereby to provide a control ticket carrying both visually interpretable information and non-visually interpretable machine readable information, means for controlling the orientation of said ticket in the vicinity of one of the marking stations wherein the orientation control means operates in the vicinity of said station for marking tickets with non-visually interpretable and machine readable information, wherein said station for marking tickets with non-visually interpretable and machine readable information comprises a recording station, the advancing means includes a feed bed operated by a drive shaft, a gripper finger on said bed for exerting tension to hold said tickets in place, said orientation control means includes means operated by said drive shaft for relieving the tension exerted by said gripper finger on said tickets at said recording station wherein both sides of said feed bed includes gripper fingers to hold said tickets in place, said fingers being in the form of sections that span several stations of said bed, each of said fingers in the vicinity of said recording station having a lower spring flange mounted at a downward angle so that an upper component of thrust applied to the flange will produce an upward movement of the associated finger, first and second pressure release pins displaceably mounted in said bed on each side thereof in the vicinity of said recording station, and a linkage mechanism extending from said drive shaft for operating said pressure release pins for a pre-determined portion of each machine cycle before magnetic recording is to take place.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
131 words
A system for marking prescribed information upon at least one control ticket, comprising at least two marking stations, means for advancing the ticket from one marking station to another, marking means at one of the stations for marking said ticket with visually interpretable control information, means at another of the marking stations for marking said ticket with non-visually interpretable and machine readable control information thereby to provide a control ticket carrying both visually interpretable information and non-visually interpretable machine readable information wherein the advancing means advances said ticket non-linearly over a feed bed and includes a reciprocatable slide carrying pawls for engaging said ticket, a slotted timing plate mounted upon said slide, a photocell circuit mounted with respect to said slotted plate thereby to generate a timing signal for linear recording.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
131 words
A system for marking prescribed information upon at least one control ticket, comprising at least two marking stations, means for advancing the ticket from one marking station to another, marking means at one of the stations for marking said ticket with visually interpretable control information, means at another of the marking stations for marking said ticket with non-visually interpretable and machine readable control information thereby to provide a control ticket carrying both visually interpretable information and non-visually interpretable machine readable information wherein the advancing means advances said ticket non-linearly over a feed bed and includes a reciprocatable slide carrying pawls for engaging said ticket, a slotted timing plate mounted upon said slide, a photocell circuit mounted with respect to said slotted plate thereby to generate a timing signal for linear recording.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
79 words
A system for recording information on a ticket carrying a magnetic recording media, said system comprising a plurality magnetic recording means positioned at a recording station through which said ticket is adapted to be moved, a reciprocatable slide carryiNg pawl means for moving said ticket through said recording station and a slotted timing plate mounted upon said slide, said slide adapted to move the plate past photocell means which are adapted to generate timing signals for said recording means.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
79 words
A system for recording information on a ticket carrying a magnetic recording media, said system comprising a plurality magnetic recording means positioned at a recording station through which said ticket is adapted to be moved, a reciprocatable slide carryiNg pawl means for moving said ticket through said recording station and a slotted timing plate mounted upon said slide, said slide adapted to move the plate past photocell means which are adapted to generate timing signals for said recording means.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1975-05-09 | 1975-11-08 | 1976-05-09 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1979-05-09 | 1979-11-08 | 1980-05-09 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1983-05-09 | 1983-11-08 | 1984-05-09 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |